Tour de Hokkaido

Tour de Hokkaido
Race details
DateSeptember
RegionHokkaido, Japan
English nameTour of Hokkaido
Local name(s)ツール・ド・北海道 (in Japanese)
DisciplineRoad
CompetitionUCI Asia Tour 2.2
TypeStage race
OrganiserTour de Hokkaido Association
Web sitewww.tour-de-hokkaido.or.jp Edit this at Wikidata
History
First edition1987 (1987)
Editions33 (as of 2022)
First winner Matsuyoshi Takahashi (JPN)
Most wins Daisuke Imanaka (JPN) (3 wins)
Most recent Yusuke Kadota (JPN)

The Tour de Hokkaido is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Hokkaido, Japan since 1987 as part of the UCI Asia Tour. It is rated by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.2 category race.

The event for 2018 was canceled due to the earthquake which occurred the day before the race. In 2020 and 2021, the race was canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

In 2023, a traffic accident that caused the death of a participant forced the interruption of the 1st stage in midway and the cancellation of the following stages of the event.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Tour de Hokkaido 2023, rider hit by a car during the first stage: he is serious in hospital, race canceled". news.italy24.press. 9 September 2023. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  2. ^ ツール・ド・北海道2023 競技中の事故につきまして. Tour de Hokkaido (in Japanese). 9 September 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.